Written Answers Friday 1 September 2006

Scottish Executive

Airports

Rosie Kane (Glasgow) (SSP): To ask the Scottish Executive whether concerns expressed by Prestwick Airport’s air traffic controllers’ trade union in respect of the dangerous nature of the United States of America’s munitions supply flights have been conveyed to it and, if so, whether it has made representations to UK Ministers to outline these concerns.

Tavish Scott: The Scottish Executive has not received representations from Glasgow Prestwick Airport’s air traffic controllers’ trade union on this issue.

Environmental Health

David McLetchie (Edinburgh Pentlands) (Con): To ask the Scottish Executive how many fixed penalty notices for noise nuisance have been issued in each year since their introduction, broken down by local authority area.

Hugh Henry: The number of fixed penalty notices for noise nuisance under the Antisocial Behaviour (Scotland) Act 2004, for each local authority area during the period April 2005 to end March 2006 is provided in the following table. There are a total of 25 local authorities who have applied for funding for noise nuisance teams. These teams have been set up progressively over this period as shown in the following table.

  

 Local Authority
 Number of Fixed Penalty Notices
 Date Noise Nuisance Teams Introduced


 Aberdeen
 29
 20 June 2005


 Aberdeenshire
 0
 N/A


 Angus
 0
 1 July 2005


 Argyll and Bute
 0
 7 November 2005


 Clackmannanshire
 0
 13 July 2006


 Dumfries and Galloway
 5
 1 April 2005


 Dundee
 0
 29 May 2006


 East Ayrshire
 8
 1 September 2005


 East Dunbartonshire
 0
 25 July 2006


 East Lothian
 0
 1 April 2005


 East Renfrewshire
 0
 22 August 2005


 Edinburgh
 35
 1 April 2005


 Falkirk
 0
 1 August 2005


 Fife
 0
 2 July 2006


 Glasgow
 24
 4 May 2005


 Highland
 0
 N/A


 Inverclyde
 0
 1 October 2005


 Midlothian
 2
 1 October 2006


 Moray
 0
 N/A


 North Ayrshire
 4
 1 July 2005


 North Lanarkshire
 0
 2 May 2005


 Orkney Isles
 0
 1 February 2006 – 31 March 2006 (Ran a pilot)


 Perth and Kinross
 0
 10 July 2006


 Renfrewshire
 0
 1 June 2005


 Scottish Borders
 0
 N/A


 Shetland Islands
 0
 N/A


 South Ayrshire
 0
 2 August 2005


 South Lanarkshire
 9
 6 June 2005


 Stirling
 0
 13 July 2006


 West Dunbartonshire
 7
 21 November 2005


 Western Isles
 0
 N/A


 West Lothian
 0
 8 August 2005

Memorials and Commemorations

Christine Grahame (South of Scotland) (SNP): To ask the Scottish Executive how many applications it has received for contributions to (a) memorials and (b) commemorations in each year since 1999.

Christine Grahame (South of Scotland) (SNP): To ask the Scottish Executive how many applications for contributions to (a) memorials and (b) commemorations it has rejected in each year since 1999, also expressed as a percentage of total applications received.

Malcolm Chisholm: Between 1999-2000 and 2001-02, our records show that we received no formal applications for funding for either war memorials or commemorations.

  In 2002-03, the Executive received an application for funding for a war memorial from the Normandy Veteran’s Association which was declined. This represents 100 per cent of formal applications received by the Executive in that year.

  In 2003-04, we received no formal applications for funding.

  In 2004-05, the Executive received two applications for funding, in respect of the Great Hearts War Memorial at Contalmaison and the memorial to the 51st Highland Division, both of which were supported.

  In 2005-06 one application was made with regards the commemorative celebrations of the end of World War II and in 2006-07 one application was made for funding for the National Veterans Day commemorations, both of which were supported.

  In addition, Historic Scotland have carried out works and repairs to the Scottish National War Memorial at Edinburgh Castle and to the Argyll and Sutherland Memorial at Stirling Castle. However, this was not in response to any formal application for funding but as part of their regular programme of repair and maintenance of historic monuments. Moreover, the agency has received no applications for funding under its Buildings Repair Grant Scheme for funding of war memorials or commemorations.

  With regards to the Holocaust Memorial Day Commemorations, the Executive has received no formal applications for funding but has taken a proactive position to find hosts for the Holocaust commemoration and have provided contributions towards the organising of commemorative events.